Book Talk Tuesday (!)

Yesterday I was at the bookstore with my son and came across this cute book called, Exclamation Mark. Have you seen it before?

(!) Exclamation Point

It is the cutest book about an exclamation mark that just doesn’t understand his purpose in life. In it, he learns about the period and the question mark. The book has some great examples of using periods, question marks and exclamation marks. I think my class will really enjoy this. These are the main focus punctuation marks in first grade, so I made some freebie posters for each one. Click below to grab yours.

I have also scoured Pinterest for some fun punctuation ideas. Check them out!

What is all of the buzz about bees? A lot! Bees are so important for our ecosystem but unfortunately some species are endangered. Kids are usually so curious about bugs, so you have instant engagement when you talk about bees! I like to teach the importance of them, and talk about ways we can help them out. There are so many great bee resources out there for teaching these insects and other pollinators. [ 442 more words ]

We had polar animal adventure day in first grade last week. Polar animal adventure day is a theme day we have as a culminating activity for your polar animal unit. We set up six stations and rotated the first graders through them. Each station was about 15 minutes long. Here are the stations we had….